- Date
- July 23, 2009, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miller, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6689ZPiper PA-25-235
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground handling event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20090723013209A
- Case key
- 74386
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the operator to shut down aircraft while conducting servicing which resulted in a ground person being struck by the rotating aircraft propeller.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The aerial application airplane completed its last flight for the day and was parked with the engine running for cooling purposes before it was shut down. A ground support person, who was an aircraft loader, assisted in the cleaning of the airplane with the engine running. The loader began rinsing underneath the airplane and progressed inwards toward the wing root. The loader received serious injuries when he stood up and was stuck three times by the rotating propeller.
Factual narrative
The aerial application airplane completed its last flight for the day and was parked with the engine running for cooling purposes before it was shut down. A ground support person, who was an aircraft loader, assisted in the cleaning of the airplane while the engine was still running. The loader began rinsing underneath the airplane and progressed inwards toward the wing root. The loader received serious injuries when he stood up and was stuck three times by the rotating propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6689Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2302
- Airframe hours
- 5,475
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Plane Cents Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kingsley Kiman J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 2009
- Departed
- PVT · Miller, MO
- Destination
- PVT · Miller, MO
- Airport
- PVT · Kingsley Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 16, 2009
- Flight hours
- 921 total · 180 in this make and model · 639 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 28, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 534 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.